Shoe-retipping device



Jan, 6. 1925. 1,52L950 F. A. HILKER SHOE RETIPPING DEVICE Filed Aug. 9l 1923 izzgef Fatented Jan. 5, i925.

@tite serrer FERDINAND A. HILKER, or necINE, WISCONSIN.

Application filed August 9, 1923. Serial No. 656,582.

To @ZZ whom it may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, FERDINAND A. Himirn, a citizen of the United States, residino' at Racine, in the county of Racine and citate of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Retipping Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention aims to provide an eX- tremely simple and inexpensive, yetl an ef- ,.-ficient and desirable device for retipping old shoes, said device including a metal toe last for snug reception in the tipped portion of a slice, a thrust device for forcing the last snugly into the shoe and holding it, and a novel connection between the thrust device and the last, permitting relative angling of these parts when inserting or removing the retipper.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a horizontal sectional view partly in elevation, showing the application of the retipper to ai shoe.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section partly in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the retipper, partly in section, showingthe manner of angling the thrust device and the toe last.

In the drawings above briefly described,

the numeral l designates al preferably solid metal toe last of a size and shape to fit snugly into the tip-covered toe portion of the shoe to be retipped the rear end of the last, being provided with a pair of horizontally spaced vertically parallel ears 2 and having a socket- 3 between said ears.

An vadjustable thrust device l is associated with the last l for holding the latter snugly in the toe of a shoe. This thrust device preferably consists of a front non-rotatable section 5, a rear rotatable'section 6 having a threaded connection with saiid front section, and a heel block 7 swivelled on the rear end of the section 6. The section 5 is preferably formed of a length of rod with its front end flattened slightly and received slidably be-l tween the ears 2, said front section having a longitudinal slot 8 between the ears, through which a removable pin Q passes,

said 'pin being` driven through openings 10 in the ears. In front of the-slots, thesection vis preferablU7 reduced to form av stud il for reception inthe socket 3, and a shoulder 12 at the rear end of said stud to bear against the rear end of the last l and thus take strain from the pin 9. It will be seen that when the thrust device 4: is eX- tended forwardly until the stud ll is received in the socket 3, said thrustdevice will have rigid relation with the toe last l, but when relative movement of the last and thrust device is effected to withdraw the stud from the socket, the two parts may be angled as disclosed in Fig. 3, which permits the device to be easily inserted into or removed from the shoe.

A shoe to be retipped, has its outer sole removed or turned back at the front end, a new tip is then stitched to the shoe upper, and the edges of the tip are turned inwardly under the shoe as indicated in Fig. 2. Then, the last l is forced snugly into the toe -of the shoe .and held in this position by the thrust device 4. Nails may now be driven through the inturned edges of the new tip` to secure them in place, and the last l will clinch these nails as disclosed in Fig. 2.

Then, the old sole may either be secured 'back in place, or a new sole applied.

In placing my device upon the market, I intend to provide a plurality of the toe lasts l, of different sizes and shapes and I pre# fer also to furnish at least two of the thrust screws 5, of different lengths, thus permitting the device to be adapted for use on shoes of different sizes and shapes.

. As excellent results may be obtained from the details disclosed, these details are pref-y erably followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made.

I claim:-

1. A shoe retipper comprising a metal toe last shaped to snugly lit into the toe of a shoe to be retipped, said last having a fiat lower side at least equal in length to the average shoe tip and adapted for clinching nails driven through the vinturned edge of a tip applied to the shoe, and an adjustable thrust device connected with said last and adapted to engage the heel portion of the shoe upper .to hold said last snugly in place.A

2. A shoe retipper comprising a metal toe last of a size and shape'to snugly tit into the toe of a shoe to be retipped, said last afd having a lat lower side for clinching nails driven through the inturned edge of a tip applied to the shoe, the rear end of said last having a pair of horizontally spaced vertically parallel ears and a socket between them, an adjustable thrust device whose front end is received slidably between said ears and adapted for reception in said socket when the retipper is in use, said thrust device having a longitudinal slot between said ears, and a removable pin passing through said ears and said slot, rearward sliding' of said thrust device serving to peu mit withdrawal of its front end from the socket, allowing upward swinging of said thrust device for easy removal of the re tipper from the shoe.

3. A structure as specied in claim 2; said thrust device having,r a shoulder to contact with the rear end of the last and prevent strain on said pin.

In testimony whereof l 'have hereunto afixed my signature.

,FERDINAND A. HILKEB. 

